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• Fri Aug 08 2025 11:04:59 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Must-Know Interview Questions for Every Aspiring Candidate
 

1. Tell me about yourself

This is one of the most frequent interview questions. These interview questions assist us in getting to know the candidate and get insight and information about the candidate’s work, other background, and personality.

 

Pro Tip:

Watch what you say! Don’t unload or unload too eagerly bad stuff. They’ll interrogate you on what you wrote, so make sure you only turn in what you feel is reasonable.

 

2. How do you handle pressure?

Working under pressure isn’t simple, and this is by far, is the hottest question you’ll receive from your interviewer. You might say you work well with ‘deadline pressure’ and can work better when provided something concrete to grind against. But you also have to consider how you frame your response.

 

Pro Tip:

Don’t over-promise something that you can't handle. Always remember to take care of yourself and prioritize your health. So, get what I mean about boasting about pressure work.

 

3.  Tell me about your final year project. What was it all about?

Your final year project is the heart of your course. And no doubt you’ll be roasted on your final year project/dissertation a ton.

 

Pro Tip:

Do your final year project long before you’ll even get to the interview. Try to think about what questions they might ask regarding the final project.
 

4. What are your strengths and weaknesses?

This is one of the most challenging interview questions to answer. When your answer to your strengths, you can get your answers down slick and discuss the strengths and skills that you possess. Some of the strengths you mention are creativity, patience, problem-solving, time management, flexibility, etc.

It’s difficult to target the holes. And if you do bring up your flaws, make sure you also tell the interviewer how you’re attempting to address them.

 

Pro Tip:

spin your weaknesses. For instance, you know if you’re an organization freak and if things don’t flow in a streamlined way, it can stress you out.) That way your interviewee will know that your weakness is a strength too.

You also must describe how you’re compensating for your weaknesses, which will assist the interviewer in believing that you’re controlling them.)
 

5. Discuss the most difficult things you’ve faced and how you managed it.

Just consider any of the hard stuff you’ve been confronting in your work or studies. Be honest and inform the interviewer about the difficulties that you encountered as you took on the task.

 

Pro Tip:

Just remember to slickly answer HOW you addressed the issue/tackled the difficult work/accomplished the challenge. Provide some instances where you applied thought and hard work.
 

6. What does our company have to say.

You can highlight how much you researched the company. And don’t forget to highlight any pros of the companies. If you have an interview question with respect to the company or what they do in the market, you can also ask the interviewer about that.

 

Pro Tip:

Take the time to really get to know the company before your interview. Connect what you learn with what excites you about the company and why you’re motivated to be part of their team.
 

7. What do you do for fun?

And this is for your extracurricular. Feel free to reference passions such as reading, gardening, music, volunteering, etc.

You can also chat about how you spend your free time — hitting the gym, jogging, socializing and networking, movies, etc.

 

Pro Tip:

Make sure to phrase your answer in a way that you do something worthwhile in your downtime.

 

8. What are some of your skills to dovetail with this role

For this query, you should respond directly with what skills the role requires.] For instance, if it’s a work that requires you to deconstruct things and offer resolution, then you could answer this question by portraying yourself as a problem-solver, decision-maker, analyst, etc.

Your potential is the #1 common interview question they’ll ask. These can be skills you believe add value to your resume as well.

 

Pro Tip:

Don’t just drop skills — live them and breathe that you have them. And, naturally, highlight only those skills and traits you actually possess.
 

9. How well do you handle time?

The is work a lot, so this is one of the most important interview questions. You have to say that you’re excellent at time management and provide evidence of how well you’ve managed time in the things you’ve experienced before.

 

Pro Tip:

If you are a beginner in time management and struggle with it, you need to make sure that you work on it, and also tell the interviewer that you’re good at managing your time, but are working to become better.

 

10. Where do you envision yourself in five years?

It’s a typical interview question that interviewers ask to get a sense of the employee’s long-term plan. 

 

Pro Tip:

Just be honest about your long-term career goals and finagle an answer that matches up with the company and its worth. The probability of you getting hired will be greater if you have a compelling mission that resonates with the company's mission.
 

11. What are your salary expectations?

This might be one of the interview questions you get asked during an interview. You can simply say, how much would you like to make me a part of your salary package and be noble and sincere in requesting what you desire.

 

Pro Tip:

Research the marketplace always before you communicate or make your salary demands. As always, know your worth and request what you feel will fit.

These are some of the non-technical engineering interview questions that you should expect. The technical questions will largely come from your domain or the discipline that you’ll be working in.